{"product_id":"if-i-never-get-back","title":"If I Never Get Back","description":"Sam Fowler is taking a modern-day Amtrak home to San Francisco when an unscheduled stop somewhere west of Cleveland gives him the opportunity to stretch his legs. Instead, Sam finds that time has stretched and mysteriously transported him back to 1869.\n\nBewildered at first, Sam soon meets up with the Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball's first all-professional team, and begins to ride the rails with them on their first national tour across post-Civil War America. He encounters a political conspiracy, a get-rich-quick scheme with Mark Twain, and through it all, the shaky-legged beginnings of America's favorite pastime . . . before it ever was!\n\n\"Could be the baseball novel of the new season . . . IF I NEVER GET BACK takes the reader out to the old ball game with great charm.\" -- The New York Times\n\n\"Engrossing . . . Intriguing . . . Exciting and fast-paced.\" -- The Washington Post Book World\n\nFrom the Paperback edition.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0517573458\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0517573458.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Brock, Darryl\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43334600687677,"sku":"BVV.0517573458.A","price":7.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0517573458-0.jpg?v=1783697204","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/if-i-never-get-back","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}